Chapter 9 Social Studies Test
  • 1. The Articles of Confederation and the Iroquois League were similar in that they both
A) Brought together different groups of people
B) Stated people's desires to declare war on Britain
C) Had a President
D) Were headed by women
  • 2. Which of these helps to keep one branch of government from gaining more power than another?
A) The electorial college
B) a system of checks and balances
C) The Bourne Identity
D) the Twenty-Fifth Comprimise
  • 3. When the people elect representatives to run the country, it is called a ________________________
A) Northwest Ordinance
B) slave state
C) a national court system
D) republic
  • 4. The Supreme Court is part of the
A) Executive Branch
B) Electorial College
C) Legislative Branch
D) Judicial Branch
  • 5. Which of these was a part of the national government under the Articles of Confederation?
A) a grand old flag
B) a national legislature
C) a king
D) a queen
  • 6. The executive branch is responsible for carrying out the nation's _________________
A) taxes
B) coins and money
C) census
D) laws
  • 7. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress has the authority to _________________
A) print money
B) raise taxes
C) elect a king or queen
D) build bridges
  • 8. This determines how many representatives a state will have in the House of Representatives
A) The amount of rich families in the state
B) whatever Brittany's D.A.R.E Report says there should be
C) The population of the state
D) the average height of the people in the state
  • 9. Setting up a system so that new states could be formed was the purpose of the ______________________
A) Northwest Ordinance
B) Articles of Confederation
C) Annapolis Convention
D) The Preamble to the Constitution
  • 10. Each state has __________ senators
A) 3
B) 1
C) 2
D) 4
  • 11. Which of these was a result of the Annapolis Convention of 1786?
A) Congress called the Constitutional Convention
B) The Articles of Confederation were written
C) Each state started printing its own money
D) Congress created a new national army
  • 12. The Three-fifths Comprimise that was reached at the Constitutional Convention involved the :
A) amount of power that was given to the national government
B) number of British citizens allowed to live in the United States
C) counting of slaves for the purposes of representation and taxation
D) number of houses of Congress to be created
  • 13. The Delegates to the Constitutional Convention met in
A) New York
B) Narnia
C) Boston
D) Philadelphia
  • 14. In a federal system of government, power and authority
A) are given to the states
B) are shared by the national and state governments
C) are given to the cities
D) belong only to the people of the states
  • 15. The slave trade would be stopped under the
A) Northern Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) New Jersey Plan
  • 16. Slaves would not be included in state population counts under the
A) New Jersey Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) Northern Plan
  • 17. The number of representatives from each state would be based on state population under the
A) Southern Plan
B) Virginia Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Northern Plan
  • 18. Each state would have the SAME number of representatives to Congress under this plan
A) Southern Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) New Jersey Plan
  • 19. Slaves would be INCLUDED in state population counts
A) Virginia Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Southern Plan
  • 20. The slave trade would NOT be stopped
A) New Jersey Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) Justin Bieber Plan
D) Southern Plan
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